2nd Sunday after Pentecost at St. George's Episcopal Church -- Sunday, 06-06-2021

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The Dragon e-Newsletter Weekly   St. George's Episcopal Church   Second Sunday After Pentecost ~ June 6, 2021   160 U Street Washington DC 20001   This Parish of the Episcopal / Anglican Church was founded in 1930 as an Episcopal Church for African Americans. St. George's witnesses to the Gospel of Jesus Christ as expressed through the Anglican Tradition. We serve as a guiding light for our parishioners as well as the larger community.  We bid you welcome in the name of the Lord!    Priest-in-Charge: The Rev Marilyn Jenkins Associate Priest: The Rev Yolanda Rolle   Regathering News   Outdoor 7:30 Service: On Sunday, June 6, 2021 we will begin to hold an outdoor Eucharist. We will continue to wear masks and maintain social distancing. All are welcome.   Indoor Regathering: We are working with St. Luke's and Calvary to provide a date when we will regather in person. As you know we have grown into a shared community and we are prayerfully discerning how we continue in together in community even as we plan in the near future to worship in our own spaces.   St. George’s Summer Bible Study   This summer St. George’s will be offering two Summer Modules. Each module is 3-weeks in duration; and engage topics that are relevant for this moment in our life together. While these modules are not exhaustive, they do provide an opportunity for us to engage a good conversation that will hopefully generate additional and exciting inquiries of study. All are invited to attend.   Summer Module I: Book of Common Prayer Beginning June 16 at 7:00 p.m. Bible Study Zoom Link Meeting ID: 891 6259 5431 Passcode: 018378 Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89162595431?pwd=R3RHcXJKT2pscDl1cElqdzM0N2FBQT09   Week 1: Why? A Very Brief History of the Book of Common Prayer Week 2: An Instructed Eucharist I Week 3: An Instructed Eucharist II   What do you need? A copy of the Book of Common Prayer (BCP Online)   Summer Module II: The Creation Story Beginning July 14 at 7:00 p.m. Bible Study Zoom Link Meeting ID: 891 6259 5431 Passcode: 018378 Join Zoom Meeting http://us02web.zoom.us/j/89162595431?pwd=R3RHcXJKT2pscDl1cElqdzM0N2FBQT09   Week 1: The First Biblical Creation Story and Other Creation Stories  Week 2: The Second Biblical Creation Story Week 3: Christian Ethics on Creation   What do you need? A copy of The Bible: New Revision Standard Version (The Bible). Sunday Schedule The Next Sunday Service in Church will be determined by Public Health Indicators and implemented in a phased approach 7:30 a.m.       Holy Eucharist RITE I with Sermon -- The Rev. Marilyn Jenkins   8:30 a.m. Hospitality Hour   9:00 a.m.       Parish Choir Rehearsal                 9:00 a.m. - Conf. Room      Bible Study with The Rev. Marilyn Jenkins   10:00 a.m.   Choral Holy Eucharist RITE II with Sermon -- The Rev. Marilyn Jenkins               11:00 a.m. Hospitality Hour    Coming Up   June 6 - 9:00 a.m. Bible  June 6 - 9:45 a.m. Zoom Worship https://zoom.us/j/3626271076   Join us in praying  Prayers for healing and wholeness have been asked for...click here for the names of those who need our prayers. Add a name here.   Please help to maintain our prayer list by requesting those who have recovered and are no longer in need of special prayers for healing to be removed from the list.   Sign Up for The Dragon   DC Housing Assistance   Rent and utility assistance when you need it.       St. George's Oral History Project   We are excited to announce that our Congregational Leadership Initiative (CLI) through the Episcopal Church Foundation (ECF) - St. George's Oral History - has received a $7,000 grant from the DC Humanities Council. We will be working hard over the next five months to conduct an oral history that is done right and done well in order to preserve our history contributing to our legacy.     Remembering Mott School   Do you remember the Mott School in LeDroit Park? Our group (from New Community Church in Shaw) would like to collect oral histories about the school -- people who went to the school, taught at the school, or who simply remember the Mott School's place in the neighborhood (maybe you have a parent who went there and have memories of what they told you about going there?). The stories of LeDroit Park and its history of segregation is so important for us to remember--please help us to record these stories for future generations! Please contact Aiyana Adams at MottOralHistory@gmail.com. (Funded by HumanitiesDC and supported by the DC Oral History Collaborative.)     This Sunday's Worship St. George's ~ St. Luke's ~ Calvary   This Sunday, May 9, 2021 we will again worship via zoom joining St. Luke's and Calvary live. Please join us on Zoom if you can. Or you may join us on St. George's Facebook page as we will stream the Zoom worship live onto Facebook and on St. George's YouTube Channel.   Sunday Worship: Date: June 6, 2021 Time: 9:45 a.m. Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/3626271076 Meeting ID number: 362-627-1076. If asked for password -- 001891   If you are calling in by cellphone, we ask you to use this number: 301-715-8592, meeting ID: 362-627-1076.    If you must use landline to call in, use 1-877 -853-5247, meeting ID: 362-627-1076. Password is 001891 (this is toll-free, but it costs us)   St. George's Facebook Page Livestream Here   St. George's YouTube Channel Livestream Here     Outreach: Serving the Community   Kwanzaa Kitchen Schedule   Kwanzaa Kitchen: Janis has been able to come up with a unique way in which we will continue to feed the hungry in this important ministry. It involves fewer than 6 people and we will pack the food to go and place it outside on tables for people to take their breakfast with them. We will continue this way until we are able to gather groups together again.       Invite Friends to Sign up for The Dragon     Donate Visit our website     Saint George's Episcopal Church | stgeorgesdc.org ‌‌‌

 

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"McMillan Park: DC Court of Appeals Continues to Halt Demolition"

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McMillan Park: DC Court of Appeals Continues to Halt Demolition; Residents Want DCRA to Put Safety First

Washington, DC -- On Friday, May 28, 2021, the DC Court of Appeals issued a ruling on Mayor Bowser's request to allow demolition to begin at McMillan Park, and the answer was no.  DCCA Ruling attached below.

Citing issues around jurisdictional issues and other pending legal matters, the Court has continued to halt the Mayor's huge redevelopment project at McMillan Park (Michigan Ave & North Capitol St NW) until appeal issues are resolved as to DCRA's "premature" issuance of permits to demolish the site.

"DCRA wants to put safety last. We are talking about asbestos in the air and in DC's drinking water supply," said Peter Stebbins, spokesperson for the Save McMillan Action Coalition. Stebbins rhetorically asked: "Even if you like the 2+ million square foot luxury redevelopment with its 3,000 parking space-garage, a project that privatizes and paves over some of the last green space in the area, shouldn't the demolition be done safely?"

In support of keeping the demolition machines at bay, the DC Court of Appeals ruled that the current injunction against demolition is continued indefinitely while the appeals are pending.  The Court said the so-called harm to not start demolition now is “self-inflicted” by the city, and that continuing the demolition injunction is presumptively in the public interest.

McMillan supporters will now move to written briefing demonstrating their appeal issues regarding environmental & impacts, among other legal issues, before the Court over the summer.

McMillan Park supporters also recently filed claims in Federal court concerning the longstanding restrictive covenants on the McMillan land deed and are awaiting trial to start on that as well. 

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FMI :: www.SaveMcMillan.org